Our member, the based in UK startup company growyze just been announced as a Finalist for the 2025 Best of UK Small Business Awards (BASA). This is another huge milestone for this company - let’s keep the momentum going and show the impact we’re making together. The BASA Awards® exist to recognize, reward, and promote exceptional small businesses. They provide recognition across 150+ categories, celebrating the achievements of small businesses in the U.S.🎉 The public vote is now open until 12 October, and every single vote counts! Let our members, partners and stakeholders support growyze with voting, so that a Bulgarian company can receive this special award🚀

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The Cluster Sofia Knowledge City envisages the creation of a “Cluster Center for Smart Urban Technologies”. A shared R&D infrastructure will be built for the development, testing, integration and implementation of technologies in the field of IoT, Industry 4.0 and Digital Transformation.

The initiative is motivated by the concept of a New European Bauhaus and supports the cluster’s goal of creating investment conditions for the benefit of cluster members and the city’s innovation ecosystem. The initiative will be implemented in cooperation with с National Center of Excellence Mechatronics and Clean Technologies.

Every year in November, Barcelona hosts the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC). In 2025, it will be the leading international event for cities and smart city solutions. This year, SCEWC will be held on 4-6 November 2025, and the main theme will be “Time for Cities”. Compared to last year, the exhibition area will be increased so that over 1,100 exhibitors can present the full potential of tomorrow’s city technologies to 25,000 visitors and representatives from over 850 cities.

The focus of this edition of SCEWC will be on AI and how it and smart technologies will support urban transformation!

Cluster Sofia Knowledge City supports the initiative of its members InnoBiz Academy and Association Treatment of COVID-19 with Convalescent Plasma to implement "2025-2035 - Decade of Dr. Albert Schweitzer", aimed at preserving and developing the legacy of the eminent winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1952.

We are creating a Public Committee to celebrate the decade of this remarkable person and invite representatives of science and education to join us.